2005 November 07 Gambling News, Events and Happenings

By Steve Tarter, Journal Star, Peoria, Ill. Nov. 8–PEORIA — The Illinois horse industry, which once supplied the public with the heavy favorite in spectator sports, now finds itself a distant outsider fading away from the field.

A new gambling radio show made its debut on November 7th. Side Bets is the only syndicated daily radio program dedicated to the gambler. Each night host Pat Benton will talk with authors, poker players, gaming experts and other prominent…

A casino was busted in a house in Bulverde over the weekend.

ROCKY BOY, Mont. - The Chippewa Cree tribal council is seeking the Rocky Boy’s reservation’s first liquor license, to use at a tribally owned casino planned near Loredo.

Bay State racetracks are bracing for a Doomsday scenario that could result in hundreds of track workers getting pink slips during the upcoming holiday season as a key gambling bill falters on Beacon Hill….

It was played in the old west, at seedy casinos and in your grandpa’s basement. A good game of poker could mean downtime with the boys, a few cold ones and even some extra cash.

Las Vegas gambling giant Harrahs Entertainment has egg on its face after a lobbyist was caught on tape boasting he has stuff that could be used politically against Rhode Islands…

Notorious casino cheat claims 99 per cent of players will one day be cheating… The boom in internet gambling may be about to hit its greatest hurdle with one of the world’s most famous casino cheats claiming …

New arrival guarantees there will be over a million dollars in monthly tournament prizes The owners of Playtech-powered Titan Poker, a recently launched online poker room must have deep pockets judging by the …